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Deconstructing DID.

I Brenner1

  • 1Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute, PA, USA.

American Journal of Psychotherapy
|December 10, 1999
PubMed
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Psychoanalytic therapy can be effective for dissociative identity disorder (DID). This approach views dissociation as a defense mechanism and proposes dissolving the "dissociative self" for integration.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Trauma Studies

Background:

  • Psychoanalytic approaches to dissociative identity disorder (DID) present conceptual challenges.
  • Integrating DID within the broader spectrum of mental health disorders requires theoretical extension.

Observation:

  • Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is viewed through various lenses: a Freudian link, a manufactured condition, or a re-legitimized diagnosis.
  • The author's extensive experience with psychic trauma informs their perspective on DID.

Findings:

  • Dissociation is conceptualized as a complex defense mechanism.
  • DID is considered a
  • Findings.append(
  • lower level dissociative character.
  • )

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  • Findings.append(
  • A unique psychic structure, the "dissociative self," creates "alter personalities" from disowned psychological material.
  • )
  • Findings.append(
  • Integration of "alter personalities" necessitates the dissolution of the "dissociative self."
  • )
  • Implications.append(
  • A clinical vignette demonstrates therapeutic alliance challenges and integrating DID phenomena within psychoanalytic theory.
  • )
  • Implications.append(
  • This work addresses the complexities of psychoanalytic treatment for individuals with DID.
  • )
  • Meta_Description='Explore psychoanalytic approaches to dissociative identity disorder (DID), conceptualizing dissociation as a defense and the
  • Meta_Description.append(
  • dissociative self.
  • )
  • Meta_Description.append(
  • Discover therapeutic strategies for integrating alter personalities.
  • )

    • Implications:

    • A clinical vignette demonstrates therapeutic alliance challenges and integrating DID phenomena within psychoanalytic theory.
    • This work addresses the complexities of psychoanalytic treatment for individuals with DID.